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A new federal lawsuit filed on Tuesday accuses WWE, TKO, John Cena, and others of using an unlicensed sample to create Cena’s “The Time Is Now” theme song.
The lawsuit claims that the horn-driven intro and outro were copied from a 1974 cover recording arranged by the late Pete Schofield. The complaint was submitted by Schofield’s daughter, Kim Schofield, who says she now owns the copyrights to the record and the music she says is an original arrangement.
The case may hinge on whether those horn sections are protectable elements of the Schofield arrangement or an unlicensed derivative work.
